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	MG FF cannon Information
		The MG FF was a drum-fed 20 mm aircraft cannon developed in 1936 by Oerlikon and license-produced in Germany.
		The MG FF was designed for use at fixed or flexible mountings in Luftwaffe aircraft during World War II.
		The MG FF and FF/M saw widespread use in fighters like Bf 109E, early Bf 109F, Bf 110 C to F and Fw 190A-2 to A-5 as well as in some bombers like Do 217, He 111 and many other aircraft.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/MG_FF_cannon (276 words)

	MG 151 cannon Information
		It was 1941 developed into the 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon which was widely used on many types of German Luftwaffe fighters, fighter bombers, night fighters, ground attack and even bombers as part of or as their main armament during World War II.
		The 15 mm weapon was found to have lackluster performance as the main gun on Messerschmitt Bf 109 early F-2 and F-3 series aircraft, and was soon replaced by the 20 mm version to become the standard cannon for the Bf 109F-4 series onwards until it was superseded by the 30 mm MK 108 cannon.
		Compared to the earlier Oerlikon MG FF cannon, the MG 151 had a higher muzzle velocity which gave it a more predictable trajectory and higher impact velocity/longer range.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/MG_151_cannon (598 words)

	The WWII Fighter Gun Debate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		It was a derivative of the Oerlikon F cannon.
		The MG FF/M version fired a smaller round with a higher muzzle velocity, but it was still a short-range weapon, and its ballistic characteristics were very different from those of the 7.92mm machineguns installed on the same fighters (mainly Bf 109E).
		Examples of the second approach are the MG FF and MG 17 weapons of the Bf 109E, the two.50 and four.303 Brownings of the early P-51, or the two 20mm cannon and two 7.7mm guns in the A6M2.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/gustin_military/fgun.html (4970 words)

	MG FF cannon - Japan
		The MG FF was a drum-fed 20 mm aircraft autocannon developed in 1936 by Ikaria in Germany.
		As a derivative of the Swiss Oerlikon FF F cannon the MG FF was license-produced in Germany.
		The MG FF and FF/M saw widespread use in fighters like Bf 109 E-3, Bf 109 E-4, Bf 109 E-7, Bf 109 F-1, Bf 110 C to F and Fw 190 A-1 to A-5 as well as in some bombers like Do 217,Ju 88, He 111 and many other aircraft.
	mg-ff-cannon.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/MG_FF_cannon (769 words)

	Luftwaffe Aircraft Gun & Cannon Ammo - Inert-Ord.net
		The 13mm MG 131 bullet is about three times heavier than that of the 7.92mm, but can be fired at a similar muzzle velocity.
		The main drawback of the MG FF was its ballistic performance.
		Being very different from the 7.92mm MG 17 light machine guns installed on the same aircraft, the cumulative effect of concentrated fire was lost.
	www.inert-ord.net /luft02h (805 words)

	MG FF cannon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The MG FF was a drum-fed 20 mm aircraft autocannon developed in 1936 by Ikaria in Germany.
		As a derivative of the swiss Oerlikon FF F cannon the MG FF was license-produced in Germany.
		The MG FF was designed to be used in fixed or flexible mountings in Luftwaffe aircraft during World War II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MG_FF_cannon (471 words)

	The Bf 109 E (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The first true prototype for the Bf 109 E series was the Bf 109 V14 which was powered by the 810 kW (1100 HP) Daimler Benz DB 601 A engine and was flown during the early summer of 1938.
		The pre-production Bf 109 E-0 fighters appeared late in 1938, and both these and the initial Bf 109 E-1 fighters carried an armament of four MG 17 machine guns as the MG FF cannon was still considered to be inadequately developed for operational use.
		This model reverted to the twin engine-mounted MG 17 machine guns and pair of MG FF cannons, but the latter were of an improved type.
	frhewww.physik.uni-freiburg.de /~jaensch/109/s109e.htm (1151 words)

	The Bf 109 B (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The latter gun would eventually be supplanted by a 20 mm MG FF cannon which would endow the fighter with a longer-range armament than that of either its British contemporaries.
		Three 7.9 mm MG 17 machune guns provided insufficient range and weight of fire, and several B-model airframes were fitted with a 20 mm MG FF cannon in place of the centrally-mounted MG 17.
		The Bf 109 V8 was fitted with two wing-mounted MG 17 machine guns in addition to the two mounted in the engine cowling, although this aggraved the flutter problem until the ailerons were balanced and the wing leading edge stiffened.
	frhewww.physik.uni-freiburg.de /~jaensch/109/s109b.htm (1052 words)

	Development
		While the V-14 was armed with the two MG 17 above the engine and one 20mm MG FF canon in each wing, the V-15 got the two MG 17 and one canon firing through the propeller axis.
		The Bf 109 E-0 was identical to the V-14 except for the armament, as the E-0 had two additional MG 17 in the wings instead of the MG FF in the propeller shaft.
		The early F versions were equipped with the MG FF/M cannon, the F-2 got the MG 151, and from F-4 on the MG 151/20 was used.
	www.adlertag.de /flugzeuge/entwicklungeng.htm (2369 words)

	The Focke-Wulf FW-190
		Admittedly the mix of cannon types was a bit odd -- all the more so because the two cannon used incompatible ammunition -- but the same odd combination would be used in the next subvariant, the A-3, and is well documented.
		The cannon of the FW-190 also proved effective in attacks on ground targets, and the aircraft was rugged enough to take punishment as well as dish it out.
		Each cannon fired a 45 millimeter armor-piercing round, fitted in a discarding sabot, out the bottom of the fin to punch through the thin top armor of a tank, while a counterweight was fired out the top to balance out recoil forces.
	www.vectorsite.net /avfw190.html (7789 words)

	Cybermodeler Online - Monogram 1/48 He 111H
		It was equipped as a medium bomber, with provision for a 1000-kg (2200-lb) internal load of bombs (which were stowed upright), and had an armament of three 7.9mm (0.311-in) MG 15 machine-guns; one each in nose and dorsal positions and one in a retractable ventral “dustbin”.
		This began with the addition of two 7.9mm (0.311-in.) beam guns on the He 111H-2; other typical variations in armament included the provision of a 20mm (0.79-in.) MG FF cannon in the under-nose gondola of some H-3’s, for anti-shipping attacks.
		A combination of one MG FF, one 7.9mm MG 17, and either one 13mm (0.51-in.) MG 131 or two 7.9mm MG 81 guns on the H-10.
	www.cybermodeler.com /hobby/kits/rm/kit_rm_5509.shtml (902 words)

	CANNON OR MACHINE GUN
		The theory was that solid bullets or AP cannon shells relied on hitting the relatively small vital areas to have an effect, whereas an HE shell could cause serious damage regardless of where it struck.
		The MG 131 was a 13 mm HMG intended to replace the RCMGs in both fixed and movable mountings, and therefore kept as small and light as possible, making it the least powerful HMG to see service.
		The cannon's advantages are clearly shown in the decisions made as a result of combat experience by air forces with a choice of good HMGs and cannon.
	www.quarry.nildram.co.uk /CannonMGs.htm (3242 words)

	Axis History Factbook: Messerschmitt Bf 109
		The D-1 tried the three-gun armament again, with a 20 millimeter MG FF cannon firing through the prop spinner, but the cannon tended to jam and caused performance problems, and the D-2 went back to the four 7.9 millimeter guns of the C-1.
		The E-3 went back to the engine-mounted MG FF cannon, but the same problems persisted, and the gun was often removed in the field.
		Early Bf 109F variants were armed with two MG 17 7.9 millimeter machine guns in the cowling and one MG FF 20 millimeter cannon mounted on the engine and firing through the prop spinner.
	www.axishistory.com /index.php?id=1154 (8460 words)

	THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
		One constant in all 109s (until the later G series) was the twin MG 17s in the cowling, synchronised to fire through the propeller disk – this held their rate of fire down to about 17 rps each.
		The 60 round drums which fed the cannon ran out after less than seven seconds (and perhaps less than that, as it appears that only 55 rounds were often loaded, presumably in the interests of reliable feeding).
		The low-velocity cannon were particularly difficult to hit with at long range, because of their curved trajectory and long flight time.
	www.quarry.nildram.co.uk /BoB.htm (1859 words)

	The WWII Fighter Gun Debate: The Fighters
		The breech of the MG 151 gun was in the cockpit, between the feet of the pilot.
		To install cannon in a fighter was an advanced concept, and here the Japanese Navy had a lead on some other services, notably the Japanese Army: The A6M had more than twice the firepower of the contemporary Army fighter, the Ki.43.
		The MK 108 cannon was a low-velocity weapon, designed to inflict fatal structural damage to the heavy bombers of the 8th AF.
	users.skynet.be /Emmanuel.Gustin/fgun/fgun-fi.html (3197 words)

	uboat.net - Technical pages
		When fitted, the gondola, which was offset to starboard, housed a 20mm MG FF cannon in front and a 7.9mm MG 15 machine gun aft.
		Soon a number of variations in armament appeared, as the MG FF and MG 15 were replaced by far more powerful 15mm and 20mm MG 151 cannon, or the 13mm MG 131.
		Forward dorsal Fw 19 turret with a 7.9mm MG 15 machinegun, 13mm MG 131 machinegun in aft dorsal position, two MG 131 guns in beam positions, one 20mm MG 151/20 cannon in front of the ventral gondola, and one MG 15 in the aft section of the gondola.
	uboat.net /technical/fw200.htm (1213 words)

	Axis History Factbook: Focke-Wulf FW-190
		Admittedly the mix of cannon types was a bit odd, all the more so because the two used incompatible ammunition, but the same odd combination would be used in the next subvariant, the A-3, and is well documented.
		The cannon of the FW-190 also proved effective in attacks on ground targets, and the aircraft was rugged enough to take punishment, as well as dish it out.
		Each cannon fired a 45 millimeter armor-piercing round, fitted in a discarding sabot, out the bottom of the fin to punch through the thin top armor of a tank, while a counterweight was fired out the top to balance out recoil forces.
	www.axishistory.com /index.php?id=1155 (7619 words)

	PGIII:SE Equipment Review
		Though faster than anything in the sky and sporting a lethal four 30mm MK 108 cannon, the Schwalbe ("Swallow") was highly vulnerable during take-off and landing, and the jet engines rarely lasted more than 12 hours of flight.
		It was generally under-gunned compared to the "a" variants (often only two MG131 and two MG151 machine guns, compared to four 20mm cannon), though the higher air attack value in-game suggests the designers may have intended this to be the "d-12", which had a centreline 30mm MK 108 cannon.
		The standard M version was armed with one 20mm cannon and two 12.7mm machine guns, all concentrated in the nose of the airplane (pilots had complained bitterly about the absence of one of the machine guns in early variants of the Yak-9).
	www.geocities.com /sonzabird/equipfig.html (2540 words)

	Bf 109 Marks ans associated projects
		The engine cannon was often removed in service, and the two wing machine guns replaced by cannon.
		F-2 = Hub cannon replaced by the MG 151 cannon of 15 mm calibre with a higher rate of fire and increased velocity.
		At least one G-14 was modified to carry a 20mm cannon in the rear fuselage firing upwards in a "Schrage Musik" installation meant for night attacks on British bombers, firing upwards into their bellies.
	freespace.virgin.net /john.dell/bf109/Bf109Marks.html (2931 words)

	Messerschmitt Bf 109E 'Emil'
		This was an inferior cannon, and field modifications often removed it to accomodate a greater ammo capacity of 1,000 rounds for each of the two guns.
		Deliveries of the first pre-prduction Bf 109E-0 models were armed with four 7.92mm MG 17 machine guns which was then revised to two 20mm MG FF cannons with 60 rounds each mounted in the wing leading edges and 2 7.92mm MG 17 machine guns in the forward fuselage with 1,000 rounds per gun.
		This version was introduced in the summer of 1940 which had the 20mm cannon removed from the spinner and the two 20mm MG FF cannons in the wings replace with a higher fire rate version.
	members.fortunecity.com /llium/history/warbirds/lft/bf109e.html (2965 words)

	The Messerschmitt Bf110
		The next variant was the Bf110B-1 introduced in July 1938 and although still powered by the Jumo 210Da engine, the addition of two 20mm MG FF cannon supplemented the four 7.9mm machine guns in the nose and a single 7.9mm machine gun at the rear of the long cockpit.
		Some of the aircraft had the cannons removed and cameras installed, and with less than fifty aircraft built, most were to be converted to training duties as Daimler-Benz had promised availability of the new DB601 engine for late 1938.
		The Bf110 was to suffer heavily during the Battle of Britain.
	www.battleofbritain.net /0014.html (630 words)

	Focke-Wulf 190 Part One - Wurger Genesis
		The wing armament is MG 17 in the inboard position and the MG/FF in the outboard position.
		Note the flat cowl cover for the MG 17 machine guns, the lack of a bulge over the outboard, wing mounted MG/FF cannon and the MG 151 as the inboard armament.
		This was the first aircraft fitted with the MG 131, 13mm heavy machine guns in the cowling replacing the rifle caliper MG 17.
	www.clubhyper.com /reference/fw190jb_1.htm (2828 words)

	Focke Wulf Fw 190A-5
		U9 - 2 planes, experimental plane with heavier armament, 2 X 7.92 mm MG 17's were replaced by 2 X 13 mm MG 131's and MG FF's were replaced 2 X MG 151/20 E cannons.
		Armament was 2 X MG 17 and 4 X MG 151/20 E cannons.
		2 cannons were in wingroot and 4 on underwing pods.
	www.jg2.org /plane_descriptions/fw190a5.htm (342 words)

	v7ndotcom elursrebmem v7ndotcoms elursrebmems
		Replacement of the wing-root machine guns with the cannon required addition of a shallow blister on the top of the wing near the fuselage.
		Admittedly the mix of cannon types was a bit odd -- all the more so because the two cannon used incompatible ammunition -- but the same odd combination would be used in the next subvariant, the A-3, and is well documented.
		The cannon of the FW-190 also proved effective in attacks on ground targets, and the v7ndotcom was rugged enough to take punishment as well as dish it out.
	www.toprankingcompany.com /forke-wulf.htm (7905 words)

	Messerschmitt Bf109 Fighter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		It was armed with a 20 mm cannon firing through the propellor hub and two 7.9 mm machine guns mounted on the cowling.
		It was initially armed with a hub-mounted 20 mm cannon and two cowling mounted MG 17 (7.6 mm) machine guns, but in the F2 version a 15mm MG 151 replaced the 20mm MG FF cannon.
		Standard armament of this varient was two 13 mm MG 13 machine guns on the cowling, a 20 mm cannon firing through the hub of the airscrew and two extra 20 mm cannons were sometimes housed in pods under the wings.
	www.constable.ca /bf109.htm (629 words)

	Unreal Aircraft - Hybrid Aircraft - Heinkel He.111Z
		A mechanic, radio operator and gunner were housed in the port fuselage, and a mechanic and gunner in the starboard.
		Normal armament consisted of a 20 mm MG FF cannon in the starboard nose position and an MG 15 in the port nose.
		Each fuselage had a single 13 mm MG 131 in the dorsal position and a single 7.9 mm MG 15 in the rear of the ventral position and a similar weapon in a beam hatch of each fuselage.
	www.unrealaircraft.com /hybrid/He111Z.php (551 words)

	Tuskegee Aircraft
		It was armed with one 30mm MG FF cannon firing through the nose and two 13mm MG 131 machine guns firing through the propeller arc and two more 20mm MG151 cannons in the wings.
		The Me-110 was armed with four 20mm MG FF cannon in the nose and one 7.9mm MG 15 firing from a rear cockpit mount.
		It was armed with four 30mm MK 108 cannon in the nose.
	brebru.com /webquests/tuskegeeairmen/tuskegeeaircraft.html (1475 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/MG FF cannon
		As a derivative of the Swiss Oerlikon FF F cannon the MG FF was license-produced in Germany.
		With this modification it could fire the new mine shell, but accidentally using the heavier MG FF ammo could damage the gun.
		The now-called MG FF/M was introduced with the Bf 109 E-4 and Bf 110 C-4 in Summer 1940.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/MG_FF_cannon (496 words)

	WWII Kit Reviews: Messerschmitt Bf 109 Lineage
		To compensate for the loss of firepower, the MG 17 machine guns were replaced with MG 131 machine guns c/w the resulting cowl bumps needed to provide clearance for the breech & ammunition path.
		A photo-reconnaissance 'G2 was modified with a WT 17 (Waffentropfen =3D Weapon Drop) unit comprising a pod with a pair of aft-facing MG 17 machine guns c/w ammunition.
		Engine: DB 605A-1 Armament: 2 MG 131 in cowl, 2 MG 151/20 in wings Radio: FuG 7A Gunsight: Revi C/12D reflector Avia S-199 (aka Avia C.210) Due to a shortage in DB605 engines, the Avia company substituted the Junker Jumo 211F with paddle-bladed prop.
	perso.orange.fr /christophe.arribat/me109_article.html (3891 words)

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